Virtual reality is the next big thing and Mark Zuckerberg knows it, that's why he recently bought Oculus, the company at the forefront of
virtual reality. If you make it to the second half of the century you'll be living in a world very different from anything you could imagine today.
VR will radically transform the way we experience the universe, giving us the power to "pause our lives" or become omnipresent.

This is a list of 10 things the century will bring, that go from virtual reality sex and texting with a Martian to one day realizing you were living
in a simulation all along. Because, as you'll find out, the chance we are living in "the original universe" is one in the billions.

Most of these items are pretty exciting. Looking forward to blaming my future alcoholism on my car.

I have been spinning the 'Universe is a simulation' thing to everybody I know for the past few years, and I am mostly met with blank stares. The truth
is that, for the time being, virtual reality technology would make the creation of a 'time machine' much more feasible than an actual time machine.
With enough information (and we are uploading our entire lives at the moment) and the correct input parameters, virtual reality could create an
accurate snapshot of any point in history for future students. I have always believed that it is a billion times more feasible that we are in a
simulation right now. The confirmation of this belief could be very exciting (albeit probably the most disturbing item on the list!).

I certainly love future discussions. I think they are missing some big ones though, specifically discussions about space elevators.

Longevity and expansion is what awaits us. Its pretty fascinating that as we humans start expanding out into space (we are on the cusp), we also start
developing tech that may allow us to live longer and longer..which would be a very desired thing as we as a species move out. Perhaps all this is
fully natural and we humans are little more than a reactive force. Neat to consider.

Most of these items are pretty exciting. Looking forward to blaming my future alcoholism on my car.

I have been spinning the 'Universe is a simulation' thing to everybody I know for the past few years, and I am mostly met with blank stares. The truth
is that, for the time being, virtual reality technology would make the creation of a 'time machine' much more feasible than an actual time machine.
With enough information (and we are uploading our entire lives at the moment) and the correct input parameters, virtual reality could create an
accurate snapshot of any point in history for future students. I have always believed that it is a billion times more feasible that we are in a
simulation right now. The confirmation of this belief could be very exciting (albeit probably the most disturbing item on the list!).

Most religions are loosely based off this idea....this isn't the real reality, the only real difference is the idea of free will.

If we are in a simulation being played out, then the only point in existence is to experience. there is no actual free will objectively if its all
been recorded and this is just a playback, however, in understanding such things, it would ruin the simulation, so ignorance of the structure would
need to be maintained by most for the structure to continue.

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